April 2020

Transforming Trauma Episode 009: Connection, Community and Transformation During Crisis with NARM Faculty Brad Kammer, Stefanie Klein and Marcia Black What is the relationship between unresolved adverse childhood experiences and the global COVID-19 pandemic? What are the unique challenges those with unresolved early trauma face during this global crisis? How can we all stay emotionally healthy during this time? In this episode, NARM faculty members Brad Kammer, Stefanie Klein and Marcia...

The longer the COVID-Crisis Continues with lock downs for families and individuals the greater the stress and greater the risk. In Livingston, MT our MH community is experimenting with the idea of Drive Thru Support Counseling. We are taking inspiration from the Peanuts character Lucy who had a unique Drive Thru idea. Join us in this panel discussion as together we discuss replicating this idea for your community. Date/Time: May 1, 2020 09:00 AM Mountain Time (US and Canada) Register Here.

The fifth week of the 6-week "Warriors of Hope" event will continue this Sunday night, May 3rd at 8 pm Central Time on "Breaking the Silence with Dr. Gregory Williams" radio program. This 6-week event features six very special guests that will offer their insight on the power of HOPE in their lives and provide encouragement, wisdom and insight on the need for resilience in lives today. This series has resulted in praise from around the world from the listeners that have tuned in. This week's...

By Jenny Gross, The New York Times, April 28, 2020 Each night at dusk, in an otherwise desolate Times Square, hundreds of nurses in blue scrubs gather to board buses that take them to hospitals across New York City. Of the thousands of nurses who have come from other states to shore up New York’s hospitals, more than 4,000 are staying in Midtown Manhattan. During the day, many rest at their hotels, amid darkened Broadway marquees, quiet streets and boarded up shops. At night, they face...

By Usha Lee McFarling, STAT News, April 28, 2020 Debbie Accad, 72, a clinical nursing coordinator for the Detroit VA Medical Center, died from complications of the coronavirus on March 30. Celia Yap-Banago, 69, a “fireball” of a nurse who worked for 40 years at a hospital in Kansas City, died last week. Both women were just weeks away from retirement. Araceli Buendia Ilagan, 63, a nurse-manager in the surgical ICU, died March 27 at the Miami hospital where she had worked for 33 years. Also...

By Samantha Young, Kaiser Health News, April 28, 2020 During the first week of school closures in San Jose, state Sen. Jim Beall’s office received more than a dozen phone calls from distressed parents and caregivers. The problem: They couldn’t get free lunches because school district rules required children be present to receive a meal. A grandmother caring for at least seven children couldn’t fit them all in her car. One parent had a sick child who needed to stay at home, and another was...

By Lindsay Wolf, Yahoo! Life, April 26, 2020 Trigger warning: childhood abuse, suicidal ideation, and trauma. My husband Matt has become quite accustomed to my complex PTSD symptoms. And he’s grown even more adept at supporting them over the years. He knows to give me space and hang out with our kids when my eyelids won’t stop fluttering or my arms flail around uncontrollably. He jumps into action if I need his calming voice during a panic attack . When I start to go down the rabbit hole of...

By Gracee Mattiace, KRCG 13, April 27, 2020 As kids are learning at home rather than in the classroom, COPE 24 is an organization trying to keep parenting education and child development a priority. COPE 24 has created documentary-style videos that are relatable to kids to help teach them life lessons and talk about difficult topics. Rene Howitt, founder of COPE 24, said they have made their videos more accessible for teachers to incorporate during their online lessons. "Using some graphics,...

Right now our children, families and communities face stark challenges. Pandemics and economic disruptions make once comfortable lives vulnerable, while those already enduring adversity find life impossible. 100% Community, a new book guiding a groundbreaking initiative, is the reset button, providing the roadmap for how we work together in new ways to create local systems of health, safety, education and economic stability. What does COVID-19 have to do with ACEs? The way to prevent the...

By   A. Hosack, P. Berman, & K. Hecht, What is wrong with me! I am as dumb as a stump!! Larry doesn’t understand? Why can he remember how to brush his teeth, but not what his name is. The rehabilitation specialist is giving him “exercises” for his body and brain to help him recover from his accident as much as he can. He is having nightmares of a dark basement, over and over. But he doesn’t understand why. He knows his name is Larry because they told him so when he woke up from his coma.

By   K. Hecht, A. Hosack & P. Berman, Is he ever going to wake up? Is he dreaming about something? Martin had been coming to the hospital every day for three weeks to watch Larry in intensive care. It’s boring yet dangerous to just be here. He must monitor if Larry wakes up. However, what’s he going to do if the police at the hospital ever find out he doesn’t have a family member in the intensive care unit? Staring at Larry through the clear glass, just out of sheer frustration, Martin...

John Cole Please join us for the ongoing discussion of 'A Better Normal- Education Upended' led by Lara Kain, ACEs Connection's community manager for ACEs in Education . After two very fruitful conversations, we will start our deep dive into selected topics in education. During our recent conversations a recurring theme continues to surface regarding connections between families and schools during the current crises. Both challenges and successes have been shared and highlighted. This week...